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    Hi Everyone in the Box Making Forum,

    I am trying this forum as it seems to be a box making thing. I have been offered $80 for this tool. Can't find anything about it. It this a reasonable price?

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    If you don't know what it is, and you have no use for it then it sounds an ok price. Better than letting the kids sell it when you're gone.
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    Why do you think it is a box-making thing? I have only heard of threads being "chased" when they are being cut into metal. Before you accept the offer, why not ask in the Metalworking Forum? Also, it looks a bit like it is an accessory to something else that it screws onto - is that possible?
    Finally (for now), does it have any makers name or other identifying markings?
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    That is true Prozac

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    Hi Jeremy,
    Dad used this tool to make threads on timber boxes which had screw tops, He attached it to his lathe when he used it. I have googled but only come up with hand tools to do this job. Good thought I will post on the metal work forum.

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    Hi Everyone in the Metalwork Forum,

    I am trying this forum as it seems the box making forum is not the place to ask this question. Pictured is one of Dad's old tools which he used to chase threads for timber screw top boxes. I have been offered $80 for this tool. Can't find anything about it. It this a reasonable price?

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    Doesn't look like you are being flooded with offers for this, so perhaps it is wise to take the offer whilst it still stands?

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    Post it in the wood turning section too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wood-duck View Post
    Hi Jeremy,
    Dad used this tool to make threads on timber boxes which had screw tops, He attached it to his lathe when he used it. I have googled but only come up with hand tools to do this job. Good thought I will post on the metal work forum.
    did you post in the woodturning section?

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    You should be able to get more than that from the right buyer. Google [woodturning "threading jig"] for some possibilities. IIRC, some commercial versions, such as yours, go for well above several hundred dollars. At such a price point, many folks choose to build their own.

    I suggest you also post in the Woodturning-General forum, and/or Woodturning-Ornamental.
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    Thanks Cliff,
    I have tried that but it remains a puzzle.

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    Hi Big Shed,
    I agree. It just would have been nice to know a bit more about it.

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    I have no idea how this thing works or what it does .
    But looks more like a a device to offset the centre spindle, maybe for taper turning spindles .
    Can you describe how your Dad used it? Might give some idea to someone what its for?

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    Wood-duck, the thing is a thread "Maker" not a "Chaser".
    It is mounted on the lathe bed and the Box to be threaded is mounted via a face plate with the opening to be threaded facing the headstock.
    There should be a cutter on a shaft that is fitted to the headstock and the box is fed into the cutter using the handle on the other end, after carefully adjusting the box sideways so the thread is cut in the right spot. It will give you the same thread as the thread on the tool.
    I am having trouble finding the words to describe the operation , but rest assured this is a mighty good tool, but unless you are a woodturner it is of no use to you. I would think $80 is a reasonable price as long as the cutter and some sort of attaching device is included. I hope this helps.
    Cheers Steven.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wood-duck View Post
    Hi Jeremy,
    Dad used this tool to make threads on timber boxes which had screw tops, He attached it to his lathe when he used it. I have googled but only come up with hand tools to do this job. Good thought I will post on the metal work forum.
    You never said it had sentimental value! I thought it was just something you picked up at the markets or something. Knowing that it did have a logical use makes for different consideration.
    prozac

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